ANTHR 201 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Cultural Anthropology, Donna Haraway, Fish Meal
8 Nov 2016
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*nature depends on culture; culture depends on nature. The amazonia has nature as a limiting factor that results in having advanced culture be impossible. The indigenous people are not able to overcome this. There is no agriculture production because the soil is awful. The a(cid:373)azo(cid:374)ia is (cid:272)alled a (cid:862)cou(cid:374)terfeit paradise(cid:863) (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause there is (cid:374)o fou(cid:374)datio(cid:374) for large groups of people since there is no agriculture manufacturing. Structuralism: under every human structure everyone is structured the same. Consider different cultural systems and classifications of nature/culture. Blur out boundaries by nature/culture mix-up as basic state. Achuar: a group of indigenous people in the amazon who work to preserve their environment and community. Descola argues that the people are not actually isolated. This is a part of a whole system of relationships. Person-hood: how you become a person from social ties. *all culture create ecology and are a part of it. You train a pet and it trains you.
